Jefferson Motel raid

The Jefferson Motel raid occurred in early 1992 when the SWAT raided the Jefferson Motel in Watts, Los Angeles as the leaders of the Grove Street Families, Temple Drive Families, and Seville Boulevard Families met to formulate a peace agreement to end the civil war within The Families. The SWAT succeeded in killing several gangsters, but Carl Johnson succeeded in rescuing GSF leader Sweet Johnson before they escaped with Big Smoke and Ryder Wilson, and the raid also left many SWAT troopers and Los Angeles Police Department officers dead as the four gangsters made their escape.